IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shoals
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN001005
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN001005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - AD7905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23278
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.8908306
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8741389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet east and 225 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79051
    A12—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79052
    B1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79053
    B2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79054
    B3—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79055
    C1—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 30 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # AD79056
    C2—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # AD79057